Should I start Ryan Flournoy or Darius Cooper in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ryan Flournoy, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Darius Cooper is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ryan Flournoy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he caught 7 of 9 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 59 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 71 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3-4 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darius Cooper played 13 games and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 5.7 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy had 45 more targets than Darius Cooper, 56 to 11.

Ryan Flournoy had 383 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 475 to 92.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 59 percent.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Ryan Flournoy is off in Week 14 and Darius Cooper in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.